The Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association announced last night, January 31, that progress has been made to add the European Championships to the pipe band calendar for 2024. The date set for the Europeans is Sunday, August 11, in Perth, which is traditionally the date of the Perth Highland Games. […]
The Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association posted a press release yesterday, December 22, which indicates there has been some progress in finding solutions to replace three Major Championships. Each Major Championship is a highlight on the calendar for many pipers, drummers, families and friends, and surely a big part of […]
The European Pipe Band Championships was held today, June 24, at Duthie Park, Aberdeen. The full results were as follows: Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3A Grade 3B Grade 4A Grade 4B Juvenile Novice Juvenile A Novice Juvenile B
The third major pipe band championships of 2022 took place today, Saturday, June 25, at Bught Park, Inverness. Kilbarchan Pipe Band in Grade 4B, led by Pipe Major Brian Knight, won their third major competition in a row, so 2022 is shaping up to be a very successful season for […]
With just days to go until the return of Piping Inverness and the European Pipe Band Championships, preparations are getting underway to transform Bught Park into a piping arena. After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, there are more than 100 pipe bands making their way from around the […]
Members of Lomond and Clyde Pipe Band at the European Pipe Band Championships, Greenock on July 25, 2009. The band members are John Smith, Scott Smart, Kyle Kennedy and Robert Sharp. There are more photos from the Europeans 09 in the link at the bottom of the page. Lomond and […]
A piper in New Zealand has been sentenced to 12 months’ intensive supervision after committing a roadside sexual assault on a 13-year-old girl. He was also given a ‘first-strike warning’ under New Zealand’s three-strikes legislation. John William Nicholl (54) of Outram, a rural suburb of Dunedin in the South Island, […]
At this time of year, it is natural to look back over the year about to end. Today, we look back over the decade about to end by featuring a pictorial from the 2009 European Pipe Band Championships. The contest that year was held at Gourock, and Field Marshal Montgomery […]
Inverness’ first female Provost has been chosen as the Chieftain for the European Pipe Band Championships. Councillor Helen Carmichael said she was honoured to be asked to fulfil the role. The competition takes place on Saturday, June 29 at the town’s Bught Park. She said: “It really is a tremendous […]
